Run a finger down the column of this lamp and you trace a language of ornament that predates it by two centuries — fluting, that rhythmic vertical grooving borrowed straight from the Doric and Ionic columns of antiquity, revived with such precision under Louis XVI that it became shorthand for restraint itself, a quiet rebuke to the curling excess of the Rococo decades before it. By the 1780s in France, a fluted column meant something specific: order, classical learning, a household that had read its Vitruvius. Nearly two hundred years later, in the 1970s, French brass workshops returned to that same vocabulary, casting it fresh in solid brass and setting it on a base of black marble veined like a winter sky — proof that some forms never really go out of fashion, only wait their turn to be rediscovered. Here the column rises straight and confident from a pierced brass collar, the light catching each flute differently as your eye climbs toward the shade, the way it once caught torchlight along a real Corinthian pilaster in a Parisian salon. Set at the corner of a desk or the edge of a console today, it still performs that same old trick: standing quietly at attention, needing no other ornament in the room to make its case.
The lamp base has a tall, fluted brass column rising from a pierced brass collar, set on a stepped square black marble plinth with visible veining. The brass has a warm, aged tone, and the fluting runs the full length of the column. A neutral drum shade is shown for display.
This lamp is fully rewired and ready to use, fitted with the correct plug for your country.
Each item is carefully and professionally packed and fully insured for worldwide shipping. All applicable tariffs and import duties are included in the price, so you will not be charged any additional fees on delivery. Returns are accepted within 30 days.
DETAILS
Materials: Brass, black marble base
Dimensions: 45 cm / 17.7 in high
Style: Louis XVI style, fluted column
Date: 1970s
Condition: Good vintage condition
Electrical: Fully rewired, ready to use with country-appropriate plug
Shade: Shown for display; please confirm if included
